Sliding-door hanger.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903.

No. 729,638. r

P. A. MYERS.

SLIDING DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1899.

NO MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 2, 1903.

PATENT OF ICE.

PHILIP A. MYERS, OF ASHLAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO F. E. MYERS & BROTHER, A. COPARTNEBSI-IIP COMPOSED OF FRANK E. MYERS AND PHILIP A. MYERS, OF ASHLAND, OHIO.

SLIDING-DOOR HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 729,638, dated June 2, 1903.

Application filed August 25, 1899. Serial No. 728,438. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, PHILIP A. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ashland, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliding-Door I'Iangers,of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to sliding-doorhangers, and has for its object to provide a simple and efficient construction whereby the door may be firmly suspended from the hanger proper in such a way as to permit it to swing laterally.

More specifically, the object of the invention is an improved construction of the lower section of the hanger and its connection to the upper section in such a manner that both. sides of the door may be firmly supported thereby, while the door is free to swing out.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel features, which I will now proceed todescribe and will then particularly point out in the'claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a construction embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the same; and Fig. 3 is an end view, partly in vertical section.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates a Way or track supported by brackets 2, so as to have its upper and lower edges and front side, as well as the upper and lower portions of its rear side, free and unobstructed.

The hanger-frame is indicated at 3 and has j ourn aled in its upper portion a grooved wheel at, while in its lower portion there is formed an opening or slot 5, below which is located a cross-bar or pivot 6, forming, in connection with the lower end portion 7 of the hanger-frame, a loop in the lower end of the frame which lies below the track. Above this loop the frame is provided on its inner side with an upwardlyprojecting guide-lug S, which extends upward beyond the lower edge of the track, on the inner side thereof, and serves to keep the hanger on the track.

Two hangers are provided for each door,

the doorbeing indicated at 9 and having at or near each of its ends a clevis-shaped strap 10, which embraces the opposite sides of the myself to the precise details of construction hereinbefore described, and shown in the accompanying drawings, as it is obvious that these details maybe modified without departing from the principle of my invention. For instance, it is not necessary that the precise form of track and bracket shown in the drawings should be used, although this form is preferred. Any form of track will answer which affords an unobstructed way for the passage of the hanger on' the same, and the wheel or wheels of the hanger may be modified as required to adapt it to run upon said track.

Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination of a track of the character described, a hanger-frame having a grooved wheel journaled in its upper end, a loop in the lower end of the frame below the track, and a clevis-shaped strap adapted to hang loosely in said loop and embrace the opposite sides of the door, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a track,a hangerframe having awheel adapted to run thereon and having a pivot at its lower end, and a clevis shaped or inverted U shaped strap adapted to hang on said pivot and embrace the opposite sides of the door, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. PHILIP A. MYERS.

Witnesses:

OAK MGORAY, E. A. MCDOWELL. 

